On 6th January COPSE kicked-off the New Year assisting Witley Parish Council to plant a Jubilee orchard at Redgate Allotment with Thakeham Homes corporate team. 

Trees include Margaret Taylor apple variety, grafted from a wildling in a local hedge, as well as heritage stone-fruit and pears. ​

​In the afternoon we checked on six scrapes that were created by Butterfly Conservation Surrey-branch, adjacent to Puttenham Village Parish Council’s, Hog’s Back Orchard. The scrapes were seeded with Kidney Vetch, which is the food plant of the notable small blue butterfly, known to breed 4 to 5km to the east, at The Mount.

21st December, Treyford, West Sussex:
Farmer Ed Mitchell arranged the planting of a Traditional-style Jubilee Orchard on headland within a field boundary, undergoing restorative farming-practices in the South Downs National Park.
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​A big thanks to the HALOW project team, based in Guildford for helping Puttenham Parish, Surrey Hills Society and COPSE to plant one of our Community Jubilee Orchards on the very aptly named, ‘Jubilee Field’. HALOW, set-up in 2006, aims to nurture young people with disabilities and guide them towards fulfilled and happy lives. The team members who helped to plant six apple trees at the Jubilee Field orchard and two pear trees at the Hog’s Back Café Orchard, provided such great energy and enthusiasm. Thanks also to Christa Emmett of Surrey Hills Society for linking us up with HALOW.